"David in Normandy" wrote in message
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There was a good post, a few months back on here, where a poster told the
story about a bay tree he removed from his garden. He cut the main trunk
and
left it as a pole/post in the garage. If I recall his story, a year or so
later he planed it and turned it into a post to put a house name/number
on.
After hammering it into the ground, a few week later it was sprouting new
growth...........some cutting that.



'twas I. The post is thriving! I'll post a picture some time.



I'd be very interested in seeing that!

Mary

In article , Mary Fisher
says...

"David in Normandy" wrote in message
...


There was a good post, a few months back on here, where a poster told the
story about a bay tree he removed from his garden. He cut the main trunk
and
left it as a pole/post in the garage. If I recall his story, a year or so
later he planed it and turned it into a post to put a house name/number
on.
After hammering it into the ground, a few week later it was sprouting new
growth...........some cutting that.



'twas I. The post is thriving! I'll post a picture some time.



I'd be very interested in seeing that!

Mary




Photo now posted:

(I've obliterated our address details from the name plate as I don't
like posting too many personal details to the internet)

http://www.avisoft.co.uk/photos/Hpim6093a.jpg

I'd be interested to know if the post has actually put out roots, but
I'm not going to dig it up to find out!
--
David in Normandy

On 8/11/07 15:07, in article ,
"David in Normandy" wrote:

In article , Mary Fisher
says...

"David in Normandy" wrote in message
...


There was a good post, a few months back on here, where a poster told the
story about a bay tree he removed from his garden. He cut the main trunk
and
left it as a pole/post in the garage. If I recall his story, a year or so
later he planed it and turned it into a post to put a house name/number
on.
After hammering it into the ground, a few week later it was sprouting new
growth...........some cutting that.



'twas I. The post is thriving! I'll post a picture some time.



I'd be very interested in seeing that!

Mary




Photo now posted:

(I've obliterated our address details from the name plate as I don't
like posting too many personal details to the internet)

http://www.avisoft.co.uk/photos/Hpim6093a.jpg

I'd be interested to know if the post has actually put out roots, but
I'm not going to dig it up to find out!

Wonderful photo - just shows what willpower can do for you. ;-)

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

In article , Sacha
writes


Wonderful photo - just shows what willpower can do for you. ;-)



Oh yeah right, sod's law. Why won't those little cuttings that you treat
really well, giving them undying love and attention and just the right
conditions as per the Book, do the same?
Perhaps they should be dealt with a bit harsher, show who's Boss in the
garden sort of thing

I had some cuttings last year of rarish conifers and two variegated
shrubs. |They didn't die, put on growth and started to come into leaf,
but would they develop roots? Would they heck!!
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

On 8/11/07 19:29, in article , "Janet Tweedy"
wrote:

In article , Sacha
writes


Wonderful photo - just shows what willpower can do for you. ;-)



Oh yeah right, sod's law. Why won't those little cuttings that you treat
really well, giving them undying love and attention and just the right
conditions as per the Book, do the same?
Perhaps they should be dealt with a bit harsher, show who's Boss in the
garden sort of thing

I had some cuttings last year of rarish conifers and two variegated
shrubs. |They didn't die, put on growth and started to come into leaf,
but would they develop roots? Would they heck!!

Don't worry - one of these days I'll send you some bits of Rhamnus and let
you work your magic on those brutes!

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

In article , Sacha
writes



Don't worry - one of these days I'll send you some bits of Rhamnus and let
you work your magic on those brutes!



I had a Rhamnus, but gave it to another gardener who appreciated it
more
By the time she got it, it had various layers of shoots taken out in the
attempt to strike cuttings so she has now made it into a topiary tree
with three or four 'clouds' of growth up the stem
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

On 8/11/07 23:32, in article , "Janet Tweedy"
wrote:

In article , Sacha
writes



Don't worry - one of these days I'll send you some bits of Rhamnus and let
you work your magic on those brutes!



I had a Rhamnus, but gave it to another gardener who appreciated it
more
By the time she got it, it had various layers of shoots taken out in the
attempt to strike cuttings so she has now made it into a topiary tree
with three or four 'clouds' of growth up the stem

I think that's called 'expedient gardening'!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

In reply to Janet Tweedy ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

In article , Sacha
writes


Wonderful photo - just shows what willpower can do for you. ;-)



Oh yeah right, sod's law. Why won't those little cuttings that you
treat really well, giving them undying love and attention and just
the right conditions as per the Book, do the same?
Perhaps they should be dealt with a bit harsher, show who's Boss in
the garden sort of thing

I had some cuttings last year of rarish conifers and two variegated
shrubs. |They didn't die, put on growth and started to come into leaf,
but would they develop roots? Would they heck!!

Isn't that normally because you don't take the heel off in the right place?
I am having some success with a few shrubs at the moment cos I'm too tight
to buy them, and I have found what I'm looking for elsewhere so I just
stole* 6 pieces. They seem to be rooting, I've got them in peat pots so I
can relocate them if and when they get their strength up :-)

They're euonymus, which is almost certainly wrongly spelt.

* with owners permission, obviously.